Consultation hours
During the summer semester 2025, consultation hours will take place on Wednesdays, 9:00 to 10:00 a.m., in the office (VG 3.05). Please register by e-mail with Ms. Schubert (sekretariat.finanzierung@ur.de).
The "Exercise for the bachelor's thesis" will take place in the summer semester 2025 on Wednesdays, 10:00 to 10:45 a.m., in the office (VG 3.05). Please register by e-mail with Ms. Schubert (sekretariat.finanzierung@ur.de).
The "Exercise for the Master's thesis" will take place in the summer semester 2025 on Wednesdays, 10:45 to 11:30 a.m., in the office (VG 3.05). Please register by e-mail with Ms. Schubert (sekretariat.finanzierung@ur.de).
About the person
After studying mathematics with a minor in business administration at the University of Augsburg, Gregor Dorfleitner completed his doctorate in 1998 with a dissertation on index futures under the supervision of Professor Dr. Günter Bamberg at the Chair of Statistics at the University of Augsburg. In 2003, he completed his habilitation at the Faculty of Economics at the same university. In April 2004, he was appointed Professor of Finance at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. Beginning in July 2005, he headed the newly established department of Financial Engineering and Derivatives. Since October 2007, he has held the Chair of Business Administration, in particular Finance and has served as Director of the Centre of Finance at the University of Regensburg since April 2008. He is the author of numerous internationally published academic papers.
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Main research areas
- Sustainable Finance
- FinTech and digital finance
- Risk models for companies, risk measures
- Company valuation
- Microfinance
Training objectives
Students are expected to become familiar with, evaluate, and apply a broad range of financial instruments. This goes is closely linked to the development of quantitative skills, with a particular emphasis on practical implementation using computer-based tools.
Interdisciplinary connections with subjects such as statistics, financial services, and econometrics are explicitly encouraged. Graduates will acquire the analytical and technical competencies needed to succeed both in financial institutions and in corporate finance functions such as treasury, controlling, and risk management.
Publications
- Kreppmeier, Julia, Laschinger, Ralf, Steininger, Bertram I. and Dorfleitner, Gregor (2023) Real Estate Security Token Offerings and the Secondary Market: Driven by Crypto Hype or Fundamentals?.
Journal of Banking & Finance: 154, P. 106940.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2023.106940 - Dorfleitner, Gregor, Eckberg, Jens and Utz, Sebastian (2023) Greenness ratings and green bond liquidity.
Finance Research Letters: 55, Part A, P. 103869.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2023.103869 - Dorfleitner, Gregor, Pons, Dina and Renier, Noémie (2023) An investor’s perspective on measuring and managing social performance and impact.
, P. 248-271. ISBN 978-1-78990-386-7.
https://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781789903874.00022 - Dorfleitner, Gregor and Hornuf, Lars (2023) FinTech and the Digital Transformation in the Financial Industry.
Credit and Capital Markets: 56 (1), P. 1-3.
https://dx.doi.org/10.3790/ccm.56.1.1 - Dorfleitner, Gregor, Kreppmeier, Julia and Laschinger, Ralf (2023) German FinTech Companies: A Market Overview and Volume Estimates.
Credit and Capital Markets: 56 (1), P. 103-118.
https://dx.doi.org/10.3790/ccm.56.1.103 - Dorfleitner, Gregor, Hornuf, Lars and Weber, Martina (2023) Paralyzed by shock: the portfolio formation behavior of peer-to-business lending investors.
Review of Managerial Science: 17, P. 1037-1073.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11846-022-00544-6 - Dorfleitner, Gregor and Grebler, Johannes (2022) Corporate social responsibility and systematic risk: International evidence.
Journal of Risk Finance: 23 (1), P. 85-120. - Dorfleitner, Gregor, Forcella, Davide and Nguyen, Quynh-Anh (2022) The digital transformation of microfinance institutions: An empirical analysis.
Journal of Applied Accounting Research: 23, P. 454-479.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JAAR-02-2021-0041 - Dorfleitner, Gregor and Scheckenbach, Isabel (2022) Trading activity on social trading platforms – a behavioral approach.
Journal of Risk Finance: 23 (1), P. 32-54. - Dorfleitner, Gregor (2022) On the use of the terminal-value approach in risk-value models.
Annals of operations research: 313, P. 877-897.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-020-03644-2
Prof. Dr. Gregor Dorfleitner
Head of the Chair
- E-mail address: gregor.dorfleitner(at)ur.de (opens your email program)
- Tel: +49 941 943 2683 (starts a telephone call, if your device allows this)
- Fax: +49 941 943 812683
- Location: Vielberth Building, VG 3.05
- Important information: Consultation hours during the summer term 2025 take place on Wednesdays from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. in the office (VG 3.05).
Please register in advance by emailing Ms. Schubert (sekretariat.finanzierung@ur.de). - Department of Finance
